May 2026 Can’t decide if this is interesting or just kind of ugly - Park Court is on the corner of St Kilda Street and Ormond Road Elwood overlooking Elsternwick Park, and was built in 1938. The architects were Seabrook & Fildes, who brought blocky cream brick Dutch Modernism to Melbourne with their prize winning … Continue reading Modernist flats Elwood, altered →

May 2026 Can’t decide if this is interesting or just kind of ugly - Park Court is on the corner of St Kilda Street and Ormond Road Elwood overlooking Elsternwick Park, and was built in 1938. The architects were Seabrook & Fildes, who brought blocky cream brick Dutch Modernism to Melbourne with their prize winning … Continue reading Modernist flats Elwood, altered →

May 2026 Nine years ago today - the 1926 Princess Mary Club next to the Wesley Church in Lonsdale Street was demolished to make way for an office tower. It was very much a long game played by the church - they closed the club, built as a hostel for working women, in 1990 with … Continue reading Princess Mary Club →

May 2026 Very cute Victorian shop/house on the corner of Barkly and Grey Streets St Kilda - that little tower marks the intersection, and it’s just off the corner, so it looks up the diagonal of Grey Street, a smart idea. It’s also cute cos it’s pink and peeling and hasn’t changed in forever. It … Continue reading Pretty in pink →

May 2026 This amazing huge thing is pretty much only known to the people of Geelong - it’s the Barwon Sewer Aqueduct that runs across a floodplain to the south of the city, built in 1913-15, and sadly it’s about to be demolished. It was designed by leading concrete engineers Stone & Siddeley, built using … Continue reading Barwon aqueduct to be demolished →

April 2026 Always liked this crazy triangular apartment block in South Melbourne, so pointy, took the site shape and ran with it. It’s on Heather Street, opposite that triangular park that the no 1 tram goes past after Kingsway. Other than the pointy balconies it’s totally ordinary. Dont know the architect, but found an article … Continue reading Spiky triangular →

May 2026 Not every street in St Kilda is grand houses and impressive flats - Clyde Street runs off Acland and it’s lined with modest Victorian, Edwardian and 20s houses, because ‘the servants had to live nearby’ as I recall from a St Kilda Historical Society tour yonks ago. But of course all sorts would … Continue reading Clyde Street →

April 2026 Yes it’s a house that’s a photo of a house. It’s from 2005, in Tyson Street Richmond, and was designed by @jcbarchitects back when they did some more creative stuff, and this is very creative, but also reads as a joke or a snub - it happened because the whole area is a … Continue reading Photo house →

April 2026 A wander through the city side of Richmond Hill from Bridge Road to Swan - I was surprised there were so many narrow streets lined with pretty small single storey Victorian and Edwardian timber cottages, prettily picturesque in parts. Also surprised that Lennox Street at the top of the hill has larger lots … Continue reading Richmond Hill cottages →

April 2026 Dogs in Space house - any of you who came of age in the 70s/80s like me would know what this is - the movie was a pretty big deal in 1986 ! It was filmed here, 18 Berry Street Richmond, just off Bridge Road. I actually remember seeing the lights and activity … Continue reading Dogs in Space house →